What kind of data will the CommonLit Assessment Series give me?

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The CommonLit Assessment Series tests provide teachers with data on their students' performance on end-of-grade-level reading comprehension expectations.

On an assessment's Analyze Data page, you will see your students' scaled scores and student performance groups, which are valid measures of students' reading comprehension and text analysis abilities.

You will also see students’ overall percent correct scores and standards-level percentage scores, which are raw scores that are not valid measures of overall or standard-specific performance. Percentile rankings also appear on this page. Percentile rankings update in real time as more students submit any given Assessment Series test and they are not nationally normed.

For more information on scaled scores, performance groups, and percentile rankings, see the FAQs linked below:

What are scaled scores in the CommonLit Assessment Series?

How does CommonLit define Below & Approaching Grade Level, On Grade Level, and Above Grade Level?

What is an Assessment Series percentile ranking and how should it be interpreted?

The Question Report in the Question Overview section is an Excel file that provides a breakdown of student performance on each assessment question per each of the three passages. It includes data on whether your student answered the question correctly, if they did not answer a question, and if a Part A/Part B question was omitted from their score because they answered Part A incorrectly. The Question Report will not show the correct answer to the questions.

On the Growth Data page, you’ll see displays showing students’ and classes’ change in scaled scores between each test.

For more information on growth data, see the following FAQ: How can scaled scores be compared across time?

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